TRANSPORTATION UPDATES
COMPILED BY VANESSA HOLT, CASSANDRA JENKINS & JESSICA SHORTEN
ONGOING PROJECTS 3 Grogans Mill Road and Research Forest Drive turn lane construction Turn lane improvements at Research Forest Drive and Grogans Mill Road will extend the westbound acceleration lane from southbound Grogans Mill to westbound Research Forest and to extend the westbound Research Forest to northbound Grogans Mill. The project broke ground in January before being temporarily stopped for rain, according to Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley. Timeline: January-TBD Cost: $240,000 Funding sources: Montgomery County Precinct 2, Texas Department of Transportation 1314 UPCOMING PROJECTS 4 David Memorial Drive extension Right-of-way clearing to extend David Memorial Drive to Hwy. 242 is underway and should be completed by March 1, according to engineer John Bleyl. Bidding for construction on the expansion project should begin in mid-March, with construc- tion starting June 1, Bleyl said. The project will take about 400 calendar days. Timeline: June-TBD Cost: $9.1 million Funding sources: city of Shenandoah, city of Conroe, Montgomery County 5 Robinson Road realignment At the Jan. 23 Oak Ridge North City Council meeting, council members voted to approve easement agreements with Entergy Texas to begin moving utilities to make way for the Robinson Road realign- ment project. The realignment project will go out for bids in fall, and construc- tion could start in November, according to Precinct 3. After Entergy relocates the power poles and moves utility lines underground, other utilities will follow, Director of Public Works James Corn said. Timeline: fall-late 2024 Cost: $6 million Funding sources: city of Oak Ridge North, Montgomery County Precinct 3
IN THE NEWS
Commissioners could call road bond Montgomery County commissioners will discuss the possibility of calling for a county road bond in 2023, according to Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley, who said the talks have been sporadic. The last road bond was called in 2015 for $280 million. “We all know we need another road bond,” he said in a Jan. 9 interview. “As far as us sitting down, forming a committee and putting it on the agenda to talk about it, we have not done that yet.” However, Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack said in an email Jan. 9 he is not aware of bond conversations. “While there are mobility needs across the county, timing is important; so is countywide community support,” he said. “With inflation at a 40-year high, interest rates going through the roof and a recession knocking on the door, I am very skeptical about a bond right now.” Noack said he is concentrating on using what is left of the current budget for transportation projects. “I’m using cash on hand to continue to improve mobility and safety in Precinct 3, and until the community feels comfortable with a bond and the associated tax increase it brings, I’m going to do all I can with the current budget,” he said. Still, Riley said he is hoping county officials start the committee process as early as the first quarter on 2023. The last Montgomery County road bond was called in 2015, when voters approved a $280 million bond package. “It’s not going to be a little road bond,” Riley said. “We can’t do a $280 million road bond again. We have to have a significant road bond to take care of the things we need to get done.”
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Timeline: Dec. 27-January Cost: $212,224 Funding source: Montgomery County Precinct 3 2 Gosling Road bridge construction A joint project between Harris County Pre- cinct 3 and Montgomery County Precinct 3 created two 12-foot lanes in each direction as well as the two additional southbound lanes for a 2,100-foot bridge over Spring Creek. As of Jan. 23, all lanes were open, but officials said occasional lane closures will take place as the contractor com- pletes seeding, striping, signage and other items, such as slope and drainage work. Timeline: December 2021-late 2022 Cost: $9.4 million Funding sources: Montgomery County Precinct 3, Harris County Precinct 3
COURTESY MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT 3
1 Kuykendahl Road turn lane construction The contracting company Teamwork completed work to add a right-turn lane from northbound Kuykendahl Road onto eastbound Research Forest Drive as well as extend the left-turn lane from north- bound Kuykendahl Road onto westbound Research Forest Drive. Work began Dec. 27 and lasted three weeks, accord- ing to Precinct 3.
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